Festival Staff & Volunteers

Festival Coordinator: Brad Mooy

A group of dedicated staff and volunteers assists Festival Coordinator Brad Mooy with planning the Festival.

Book Sales: WordsWorth Books
Zoom Squad Commander: Nathan Smith
Marketing: Tameka Lee
Webmaster: Scott Kirkhuff
Graphic Designer: Michelle Bailey Keahey
Little Readers Rock chair: Megan McCain
Moderator chair: Amy Bradley-Hole
WITS chair: Jennifer White
Festival Art: Phillip Rex Huddleston
Music, Outdoor Tech & Party Liaison: J.P. Langston
Volunteer Coordinator: Polly Deems
Special Assistance: Madelyn Ganos
Feature Stories: Rosslyn Elliott
Social Media: Stewart Fuell

Talent Committee
Michelle Bailey Keahey, Eliza Borne, Amy Bradley-Hole, Kevin Brockmeier, Guy Choate, Tom DeBlack, Polly Deems, Garbo Hearne, Rettina Hill, Frederick McKindra, Brad Minnick, Katherine O’Bryan, Susan Santa Cruz, Mary Gay Shipley, Dorian Stuber

Moderators & Introducers
Michelle Bailey Keahey, Laura Barrio-Vilar, Eliza Borne, Amy Bradley-Hole, Lydia Bush, Savannah Butler, Guy Choate, Tom DeBlack, Marcia Dunbar, Garbo Hearne, Greg Henderson, Michael Hibblen, Erin Hoover, Mary Horne, John Hornor Jacobs, Phillip Rex Huddleston, Danielle A. Jackson, Arshia Khan, Sarah Kellogg, Shannon Lausch, Stacey McAdoo, Frederick McKindra, Brad Minnick, Susan Petty Moneyhon, Gwen Moritz, Stephanie Newton, Sarah Orsborn, Bryant Phelan, Marci Robertson, Nancy Rousseau, Skip Rutherford, Susan Santa Cruz, Steve Straessle, Dorian Stuber, Ragan Sutterfield, Alex Vernon and John Williams

Social Media Ambassadors
Danielle Butler, Marlena West, Sandra Jackson, Susan Eschenbrenner, Barbara Soden, Jessica Everson

Zoom Squad
Rebecca Beadle, Karmen M. Cooper, Lauren E. Dixon, Rosslyn Elliott, Stewart Fuell, Karen Guthrie, Mark Hotchkiss, Joseph Hudak, Jasmine Jobe, Guy Lancaster, Grayson Martin, Sarah Sewell, Justin Vess, Heather Zbinden

Office Assistance and Special Projects
Nicole Smith, Marlena West

Swag
Polly Deems

Central Arkansas Library System
Shekia Carlock, Mark Christ, Carol Coffey, Joey Cole, Nate Coulter, Jamie Diaz, Lisa Donovan, Linda Ellis, Brandin Gibbons, Abby Kerby, Lance Ivy, Chris Ketterman, Mary Osteen, Cathy Sanders, Jo Spencer, Ali Welky

Special Thanks
Michelle Bailey Keahey, Jama Best, Bryan Borland, Kevin Brockmeier, Jeff Condran, Amanda Copley, Ernie Dumas, Tamika Edwards, Jan Emberton, Stephanie Ferguson, Diane Foster, Phillip Rex Huddleston, Rettina Hill, Phyllis Hodges, Betsy Johnson, Dana Kaye, Gina Kokes, J. P. Langston, Chris King, Lia Lent, Diana Long, Megan McCain, Stephanie Maxwell, Gary Miller, Rex Nelson, Timothy Nutt, Lynne Phillips, Laurie Pierce, Mary Remmel Wohlleb, Vaughn Scribner, Nathan Smith, Laura Stanley, Ragan Sutterfield, Denise Turlier, Nathan Vandiver, Jennifer White, and Ginger Young

Thanks to the Fest’s Additional Presenters
Denise Alberts, Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas PBS, Jordan Butler, Edith Callaway-Frazier, M. Shelly Conner, Sarah Dixon, Garbo Hearne, Randall Horton, Katie Leland, Randi Romo, Brittany Sparkles, Beatriz Valera, Robin White

WITS
Authors participating include Camille Acker, Anthony Bozza, Ernesto Cisneros, Mayra Cuevas, Ashley Franklin, Daniel Kraus, Linsey Miller, Stephanie Storey, Bonnie Tsui and Barry Wolverton. Schools include eStem, Philander Smith College, Ridge Road Elementary, Robinson High School, Shorter College, Southwest High School, Stephens Elementary, and Sylvan Hills High School.